A new season begins for World Club Champion Football Intercontinental Clubs! In the 2012-2013 edition, new players from three teams enter the competition: the German Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (FC Schalke 04), the Paraguayan Roque Santa Cruz (Málaga CF) and the Nigerian John Utaka (Montpellier HSC). There are now a total of 24 teams whose data have been updated. A new type of card appeared: "Rising Star". All old cards are always compatible. Beside traditional Tournament and Online modes, the new League mode teaches how to play the game by completing in "missions". Bonuses and titles are unlocked by succeeding various missions.

Code of Joker Ver.1.1 - Awakening of Arcana is the first big update of Sega's card game released in July. 40 new cards are added. Other changes in this version includes a more powerful Joker effect, a new "S" rank, balance adjustments and new attack techniques. Competition events will be held on a regular basis.

Fan of the Big Buck hunting game series? We have good news for you: the store is open! It contains all the paraphernalia a fan needs: T-shirts for boys (Big Buck HD, D'oe!, ...) and girls (Big Buck Girls, Not my Jugs!), caps, beanie hats, bandanas, bags, stickers and of course bottle openers and different types of glasses for beer and alcohol. At the moment, the ordering system is not automated yet and the buyer must send an e-mail with his address and what he wants so the shipping cost is calculated manually. Payment methods are Paypal or credit card over the phone (in old fashioned Pappy way). Nevertheless, the idea is really good especially since prices are low. Visit the Big Buck General Store.

Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold is available via the NESiCAxLive (Taito Type X²) today. Arc System Works and Atlus teamed up to release the game. The story continues after the events of Persona 4 The Ultimate, a new tournament is announced on Mayonaka TV: the P-1 Climax. A strange red fog covers Inaba and an image of someone that looks like Mitsuru being crucified is shown on TV. The S.E.E.S. and the Special Investigation Squad team up to figure out whatâ€™s going on. Three new characters are added. Two comes from Persona 3: Yukari Takeba (which uses quick bow attacks) and Junpei Iori (which uses powerful attacks with a stick) and the last fighter is a brand new one: Sho Minazuki. His role in the story is unknown and it is unclear if he's an ally or an enemy. All characters have now two configuration types: Normal and Shadow. Skills are different depending on the selected type and appearance of the character in Shadow mode is scary... The gameplay is more sophisticated and versatile than in the 1st episode. The old characters have new skills and their old ones have been revised. They have also a greater range in their movements.

Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone is out today! It's the first game to run on Sega's new arcade board: the Nu (technical specifications). Regarding graphics, the new "Type2.0 AC" character module allows visual improvements: the movements are more precise and smoother, facial expressions are much more detailed and the hair animation is more dynamic. But the main innovation is the new "touch slider" control (placed just above the buttons) as in the home console title Hatsune Miku-Project DIVA-f. When the slider icon appears on the screen, the player must drag his finger on it in the indicated direction. Module selection screens are renewed and 3 customization sets of Hatsune Miku-Project DIVA-f are added. Characters customization is improved since you can now add various independent accessories such as glasses or cat ears. Beside new modules (costumes), the new content includes 5 new songs: Doriko - ã‚­ãƒ£ãƒƒãƒˆãƒ•ãƒ¼ãƒ‰, Wowaka - ã‚¢ãƒ³ãƒãƒƒãƒ”ãƒ¼ãƒªãƒ•ãƒ¬ã‚¤ãƒ³, Mitchie M - Freely Tomorrow, Halyosy - Fire@Flower and å…«çŽ‹å­P - Weekender Girl. Watch the video to discover the new features.

Announced since September, the big update bringing Duck Dynasty content to Big Buck HD was automatically downloaded on November 11 on all machines connected to the Coin Up network. This additional content includes 16 levels of duck hunting and 4 bonus stages inspired by the popular Duck Dynasty American series. Broadcast on A&E, this reality TV show follows the life of the Robertson family in Louisiana, bayou people who became multi-millionaires by manufacturing duck calls and decoys (the Duck Commander brand). This update will transform Big Buck HD into modern Duck Hunt. But that's not all because another recent update added the "Big Buck Arcade" mode, a basic version of the game aimed at one timers who do not want the hassle of unnecessary options. Adam Pratt of Arcade Heroes has just published a video overviewing all these new features. Free updates for arcade games are nothing new (Tekken 5, Initial D 4, Terminator Salvation, ...) but they rarely add so much content! A very welcome initiative!

Since several years, the new Konami's beatmania is released during Fall. beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA is the new episode and is out today. The game features two game modes: single play (SP) and double play (DP). The first is played with a turntable and a 7-key keyboard and the second with a turntable and two 7 key keyboards adding a real difficulty. The player can now easily switch from one mode to the other during song select screen. The "Step Up" mode for beginners has been revamped: a kawai character called Kupuro guides the player throughout the world to help him to improve. The game's graphic theme is based on the swords that are found everywhere in the game (menus, backgrounds...). For the first time in years, this is not a female character who appears on the game visuals but this is a young man dressed as a Knight. beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA features more than 800 songs. The title song is Element of SPADA by Nekomata Master feat. Haruka Shimotsuki. Among the new titles, you can find: Adularia by DJ TOTTO, Alba -Dawn de SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi, DARK LEGACY by BaSTeT, AGIC & LOVE by DJ Genki feat. Yukacco, rainbow guitar weeps by dj TAKA and WOBBLE IMPACT by Sota Fujimori. Like all Konami games, beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA supports the e-AMUSEMENT PASS.

Released on October 28, NEO XYX (pronounce "Neo Zaikusu") is now updated to version 1.1. What's new? Better handling of sprite priority, icons and warning messages announcing bosses are now correctly oriented in horizontal mode, dipswitches management on consolized systems has been improved and several bugs have been fixed. This free update can be obtained on request by sending an e-mail to NG:DEV.TEAM. For those who do not remember this title, it's the first Neo Geo MVS shoot'em up that can be play both vertically and horizontally depending on the orientation of the cabinet's monitor. The game features 6 stages, 6 bosses and 5 mid-bosses. Like all NG:DEV.TEAM productions, this danmaku benefits of beautiful 16-bit graphics pixel art graphics. If you missed the MVS version that was only available in pre-order, you can catch up with the Neo Geo AES version (€449) or the Dreamcast adaptation (€34) that should be available before Christmas.